putting up a half a billion dollar bond, bonds that size don t exist in this country. that s eric trump complained yesterday on fast news about the massive bond his father needs to pay in his civil fraud case, but it s not the only legal issue for the former president today. we ll get into all of it in just a moment. also ahead, the latest on a potential deal between israel and hamas that would free hundreds of palestinian prisoners in exchange for dozens of hostages. and, plus, we ll go through the republican-led chaos in the house after a far right lawmaker laid the groundwork for possibly removing speaker mike johnson. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us, and we ll begin with what is a huge day legally for former president donald trump. trump is expected to be in a new york kourtsroom this morning for a hearing on the hush money case. that trial, you ll recall,
hundreds of palestinian prisoners in exchange for dozens of hostages. we ll also go through the republican-led chaos in the house after a far-right lawmaker laid the groundwork for possibly removing speaker mike johnson. and the former head of the rnc says she was just taking one for the team for not speaking out against donald trump s extreme comments tied to january 6th. that s not all. we ll be talking about her hiring here at nbc, as well, and msnbc. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, march 25th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor, chuck rosenberg. and rogers chair in the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham is with us this morning. we ll dive right in, beginning with a huge day legally for donald trump. he is expected to be in a new york courtroom this mor
with a partner that puts you first. godaddy. steve welcome back. 7:00 east coast here in study yum m live on this january 26th. it s friday and this is fox & friends. ainsley: biden won t stop pushing that economic policy, bidenomics, despite his party s better judgment. seemingly ignoring what america can t do, the middle class can t afford to live every day, basically. lawrence: and they are heroes for more reasons than one. illinois deputy completing the door dash order after the driver was arrested. he got arrested. but we wanted to make sure you got your food. you guys have a good night. you guys are amazing. thank you. brian: there s a story there i have to follow. plus, a big weekend in football straight ahead. we are going to learn who is heading to the super bowl as the chiefs face the ravens and the lyonsloins arlions. ron gronk will not be wearing eye black i will be depression like him. brian. ainsley: what were you wearing. brian: that s when we w
So far. ron paul with a pretty solid showing at 38% and 28%. in virginia, the commonwealth, mitt romney has won. ron paul taking 41% of the vote there. and in massachusetts, mitt romney winning his home state 73%, to 13% rick santorum in second place there. again, oklahoma, fox news called for rick santorum and we are waiting on tennessee and ohio. well, all night long martha maccallum is keeping an an eye n the exit polls for us and they can be telling how candidates won these states and what is likely to happen in other states, too martha? you are so right about this, megyn. you can bet there is nail biting going on at romney and santorum headquarters because no republic has won the presidency without winning this ohio primary first and it is tight out there right now. totally different picture than we have seen in the other states. it s an open primary.
That the tests are far from over. and there is the chance of additional setbacks. they have certainly been through many disappointments already, shep. shepard: yeah, we all have. let s hope for the best and say let s look forward 48 hours and say this goes as planned and the cap holds. what do they do then? they leave it there until the valves shut and finish drilling the relief wells? probably not unless there is inclement weather. thad allen would like ideally to be able to leave it there and basically a plug during hurricanes when collection ships would have to leave the area either way. but during good weather, he says that they lean towards using the cap merely as a way of funneling oil up to the surface. but even that way, in theory, the oil would be fully contained, shep. shepard: all right. jonathan seare, keep an an eye n them for us. thank you. as the crude stopped flowing, bp s stock surged. there is no telling when the gulf south will start to feel some economic relie